Snow-plow.



PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

e. c. MOORE. snow PLOW.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY .18, 1905.

. UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, GEORGE o. MOORE, or DETROIT, IVIICHIGAN.

sNow PLow. I

"Specification of teeters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

- Application filed May 18,1905. fierial No. 260,959-

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to snow-plows. It

has for its object an improvedsnow-plow and vehicle for thetransportation thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the device' in perspective. Fig. 2 showsthe detail of construction. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of themoldboards of the plow.

1 indicates the vehicle for the transportation of the device, whichconsists of a sled with runners 2 and 3 and with platforms 4, on whichthe snow-plow proper rests when the snowplow is being transported. Theplatforms 4 widenfrom front to rear and are provided with cleats 5,which form raised borders behind which the moldboards of the plow enage, resting at the same timeupon the plat orms 4.

From the body of the sled rises a standard 6, to which is pivotallyconnected a bent lever 7, the lower and front end of which 8 carries achain 9, that extends to each side of the lever and engages the plow onthe inside of the moldboard.

The plow itself is triangular in shape, pointed in front and broadeningat the rear, with the sides or moldboards thereof standing nearlyvertical at the meeting-line at the front and curved or warped to causethe upper edge 9 of each side to overhang the lower edge 10 and givingto the plow the turning effect of a warped moldboard.

The plow is provided with handles 12 and 13, suitably secured to theinside of the moldboards and braced by braces 14 and 15 over a cross-bar16. Each moldboard of the plow is shod with a shoe 17, which projects atthe point beyond the lower edges of the more vertical parts of themoldboards. The meet.- ing edges of the two moldboards are protected atthe front end with a covering 18. The structure is drawn by anattachment secured to the front end at the upper side by means of achain or links 18. The projecting points of the shoe serve to hold theplow down when in operation.

In operation the plow is lifted, by means of the lever 7, until it risesabove the cleats 5 and is allowed to be drawn slightly forward by thehorse or other drawing power' and then lowered to the surface of theground or the surface from which the snow is to be cleaned. The plow isthen drawn forward, cutting through the snow and spreading it andturning the packed or more compressed part at the rear of the plowupward and outward, causing the low to move easily forward in a straightline and to be easily held from swinging. During this period ofoperation the sled is drawn forward between the wings of the plow and isalways in a position for reloading whenever it is desired to reload. Toeifect the reloading, the lever 7 is swung, lifting the plow until thebottom of it rises above the cleats 5, and it is then drawn backward bythe operator until it rests on the table 4 behind the cleats. Inconstructing the sides of the plow I use narrow strips nailed onetoanother, with a layer ofwhite lead between the strips. The nails usedare long enough to pass through three strips, and thus the nails securethe strips very securely together, making a web of wire nails as avertical-holding means.

What I claim is 1. In combination, a carrying-sled and a snow-plowcarried thereby, the said snowplow having a forward terminal central tothe sled and moldboards diverging to each side from the center line ofsaid sled, a lever pivoted to the sled and having connections to theplow whereby the plow may be shipped and unshipped from the sled,substantially as described.

2. In combination, a sled provided with platforms widening from front torear and furnished with cleats, a triangular snowplow adapted to rest onthe platforms of said sled and engage behind said cleats, a leverpivoted to the sled and having connections to the plow. and adapted toactuate the plow to ship and unship the same from said sled,substantially as described.

3. In a snow-plow, in combination, moldboards meeting at a pointed frontterminal and having sides diverging from said meetingpoint and warpingfrom the front toward the rear with the up er edges thereof overhangingthe lowerie ges atthe rear and with a shoe secured to said moldboardsand prowith respect to the vehicle; substantially as jecting beyond themeeting edges at the described. [0 point, substantially as described. Intestimony whereof I sign this specifica- 4. In a snow-plow, thecombination of a tion in the presence of two witnesses.carrying-vehicle, platforms to said vehicle GEORGE C. MOORE. providedwith cleats, a triangular-shaped Witnesses: snow-plow adapted to rest onsaid platforms CHARLES F. BURTON,

behind said cleats, means for lifting the plow MAY E. KOTT.

